1854 Swiss federal election

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The 49 electoral districts

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 29 October 1854. The Radical Left remained the largest group in the National Council, winning 80 of the 120 seats.[1]

Electoral system

The 120 members of the National Council were elected in 49 single- and multi-member constituencies; there was one seat for every 20,000 citizens, with seats allocated to cantons in proportion to their population.[2] The elections were held using a three-round system; candidates had to receive a majority in the first or second round to be elected; if it went to a third round, only a plurality was required. Voters could cast as many votes as there were seats in their constituency.[2] In six cantons (Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Glarus, Nidwalden, Obwalden and Uri), National Council members were elected by the Landsgemeinde.

Results

National Council

Summary

Party Votes % Seats +/–
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 59.5 80 +2
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 15.8 16 0
bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 14.3 14 –2
bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Evangelical Right 7.4 6 –1
Democratic Left 1.6 2 –1
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Dissidents 1.4 2 New
Total 236,760 100 120 0
Registered voters/turnout 517,641 45.7 – –
Source: BFS, Gruner[3]

By constituency

Constituency Seats Party Seats
won 		Elected members
Zürich 1 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Alfred Escher
  • Georg Joseph Sidler
  • Heinrich Hüni
Democratic Left 1 Johann Jakob Treichler
Zürich 2 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Jonas Furrer
  • Karl Adolf Huber
  • Hermann Stadtmann
Zürich 3 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Rudolf Wäffler
  • Hans Heinrich Zangger
  • Heinrich Rüegg
Zürich 4 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Rudolf Benz
  • Johann Jakob Ryffel
bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Evangelical Right 1 Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler
Bern 5 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 4
  • Jakob Karlen
  • Albrecht Weyermann
  • Samuel Friedrich Moser
  • Jakob Imobersteg
Bern 6 4 bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Evangelical Right 3
  • Friedrich Fueter
  • Eduard Blösch
  • August von Gonzenbach
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Cristoph Albert Kurz
Bern 7 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Johann Ulrich Gfeller
  • Karl Karrer
  • Johannes Bach
bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Evangelical Right 1 Gottlieb Rudolf Bühlmann
Bern 8 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 4
  • Johann Bützberger
  • Johann Rudolf Vogel
  • Johannes Hubler
  • Jakob Steiner
Bern 9 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Jakob Stämpfli
  • Johann Rudolf Schneider
  • Johann August Weingart
Bern 10 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 4
  • Paul Migy
  • Édouard Carlin
  • Cyprien Revel
  • Xavier Stockmar
Lucerne 11 2 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Josef Bucher
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Josef Martin Knüsel
Lucerne 12 2 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Philipp Anton von Segesser
  • Alois Kopp
Lucerne 13 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Casimir Pfyffer
  • Josef Sigmund Bühler
  • Anton Schnyder
Uri 14 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Florian Lusser
Schwyz 15 2 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Karl Styger
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Jakob Meinrad Hegner
Obwalden 16 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Franz Wirz
Nidwalden 17 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Melchior Wyrsch
Glarus 18 2 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Caspar Jenny
  • Johannes Trümpy
Zug 19 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Konrad Bossard
Fribourg 20 3 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 2
  • J. F. L. Engelhard
  • François-Xavier Bondallaz
bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Alfred Vonderweid
Fribourg 21 2 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Louis de Wuilleret
  • Hubert Charles
Solothurn 22 3 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 2
  • Simon Lack
  • Johann Jakob Trog
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Josef Munzinger
Basel-Stadt 23 1 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Johann Jakob Stehlin
Basel-Landschaft 24 2 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Johann Bussinger
  • Stephan Gutzwiller
Schaffhausen 25 2 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Johann Georg Fuog
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Franz Adolf Schalch
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 26 2 bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independent 1 Jakob Kellenberger
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Titus Tobler
Appenzell Innerhoden 27 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Johann Nepomuk Hautle
St. Gallen 28 2 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Joseph Marzell Hoffmann
  • Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
St. Gallen 29 2 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Josef Leonhard Bernold
  • Christian Rohrer
St. Gallen 30 2 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Abraham Raschle
  • Benedikt Schubiger
St. Gallen 31 2 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Johann Matthias Hungerbühler
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Johann Georg Anderegg
Grisons 32 1 bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Evangelical Right 1 Johann Baptista Bavier
Grisons 33 1 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Andreas Rudolf von Planta
Grisons 34 1 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Georg Michel
Grisons 35 1 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Alois de Latour
Aargau 36 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Friedrich Frey-Herosé
  • Samuel Friedrich Siegfried
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Samuel Frey
Aargau 37 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Johann Peter Bruggisser
  • Franz Waller
  • Gottlieb Jäger
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Friedrich Schmid
Aargau 38 3 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Udalrich Schaufelbühl
  • Wilhelm Karl Baldinger
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 1 Augustin Keller
Thurgau 39 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 4
  • Eduard Häberlin
  • Johann Ludwig Sulzberger
  • Johann Georg Kreis
  • Johann Baptist von Streng
Ticino 40 3 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 3
  • Leone de Stoppani
  • Giuseppe Filippo Lepori
  • Gaetano Luvisoni
Ticino 41 3 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 2
  • Michele Pedrazzini
  • Ferdinando Cattaneo
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 1 Rocco Bonzanigo
Vaud 42 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 4
  • Jules Martin
  • Louis Blanchenay
  • Frédéric Fonjallaz
  • Édouard Cherix
Vaud 43 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Charles Estoppey
  • Henri Druey
Democratic Left 1 Abram-Daniel Meystre
Vaud 44 3 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Vincent Kehrwand
  • François Thury
  • Maurice-Benjamin Bonard
Valais 45 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Alexis Allet
Valais 46 1 bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 1 Antoine de Riedmatten
Valais 47 2 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 2
  • Adrien-Félix Pottier
  • Maurice Barman
Neuchâtel 48 4 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 4
  • Fritz Courvoisier
  • Alexis-Marie Piaget
  • Charles-Jules Matthey
  • Frédéric Auguste Zuberbühler
Geneva 49 3 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 3
  • Guillaume-Henri Dufour
  • Philippe Camperio
  • Jean-Jacques Darier
Source: Gruner[4]

Election re-runs

Constituency Seats Date of re-run Party Seats
won 		Elected members
Ticino 40 3 11 March 1855 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Giacomo Luvini
  • Cesare Bernasconi
  • Giovanni Battista Ramelli
Ticino 41 3 11 March 1855 bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 3
  • Giovanni Jauch
  • Giuseppe Patocchi
  • Giovanni Battista Pioda
Source: Gruner[4]

Council of States

Party Seats +/–
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Radical Left 14 –3
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Liberal Centre 14 0
bgcolor="Template:Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Catholic Right 10 0
Democratic Left 1 +1
bgcolor="Template:Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland/meta/color" | Evangelical Right 1 –1
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independents 2 +1
Vacant 2 +2
Total 44 0
Source: The Federal Assembly

References

  1. ^ Elections to the National Council 1848–1917: Distribution of seats by party or political orientation Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine BFS
  2. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1886 ISBN 9783832956097
  3. ^ Erich Gruner (1978) Die Wahlen in den Schweizerischen Nationalrat 1848–1919, A. Francke
  4. ^ a b Gruner, Erich. Die Wahlen in den Schweizerischen Nationalrat 1848–1919. Vol. 3.
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